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Train carrying agricultural machinery arriving at Allora Railway Station

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Allora, a rural town on the Dalrymple Creek, is 20 km north of Warwick and 125 km south-west of Brisbane. The area was part of the Goomburra pastoral run (1841) occupied under licence by Ernest Dalrymple. A shepherds' crossing on Dalrymple Creek became a regular stopping place, and by the mid-1840s a blacksmith's shop was opened there, later carrying stores and expanding to become an inn. A subsequent owner of Goomburra, Patrick Leslie, surrendered one square mile for a township at the crossing. Surveyed in 1859, it was named Allora, believed to be based on an Aboriginal word meaning swampy place. The rich black soil around Allora was ideal for agriculture, and wheat growing led to a steam flour mill opening in 1871. The courthouse was moved to other premises and the building was given to a school of arts in 1873. The Central Downs Agriculture and Horticulture Association had its first show in Allora in 1878. Allora promised to be a leading township on the Downs but was bypassed by the Toowoomba to Warwick railway line (1867). It was not until 1897 that a branch line connected the town to the regional rail network. Although not on the main railway, the Australian handbook nevertheless described a well-appointed township in 1903. Source: queenslandplaces.com.au/allora

Boats moored by a harbour, in an unknown location (probably Schull, Co Cork)

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 19 older comments, and then…
  • guliolopez said:
    I'm not very nautical myself, but didn't we learn before that the sail-plan of the vessel at the quay was that of a brigantine(?) Also, based on his attire, I wouldn't expect that the guy on the left was a manual worker - not at the same paygrade as the other bloke anyway...
  • patrick vickers said:
    S is the registration name for Skibbereen.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Is it Schull Harbour? Streetview. The 25"OSI Map shows the trainline going down the pier.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    There's a Lawrence shot taken from a similar angle. There are also some later photos of the pier at the Schull Community Council webpage.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    You might see two men dressed exactly like this pair there today, 100 years later. The narrow gauge railway closed in 1947.

Steam, Clean.

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 19 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Guessing somewhere between September and November 1893.

    There was a later 'barn' on the right, via loose_grip_99 -
    Ed. - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322726
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mr O'Dea was there at the end in 1959 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000304742
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Services began 4/09/1893
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sometimes Flickr is amazing! The water tower (above the carriages with pristine stonework) has survived. In 2014 via loose_grip_99
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel beachcomber australia I will go with 1893 as the start year, I need a little more before changing the end date. Mary